Yeah Ken, have to agree with the others on this one mate. Airlines are always overbooking flights purely for the fact that alot of our punters dont make it to the airport or are late etc. It's common practise. This seems like one of those rare occasions when pax actually did have to be off loaded for what ever operational requirement that deemed it necessary. At least they have the flying publics safety in mind and still manage to turn a profit! Pretty funny that they had to get the AFP involved, i'm surprised that no one had the courtesy to hop off and take a free flight for their troubles!